Process of printing rugs.



Illlll E G. PRIFOLD.

PROCESS 0F PRINTING RUGS.

APPLICATION F1110 118.211.1916.

Militia COMIANY, 0F PHILADELPHIA, VANIA.

PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYL- ERCESS OF PRINTING BUGS.

To all -w hom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE Ferroni), a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Linwood, county of Delaware, State of Pennsylvania, .have invented cerltain In.

the border will. be formed on one or morel sets of blocks and the covering design for the material will be formed on another block or blocks, according to the number ofcolors used in printing the rug.

Prior to my invention the design of the rug was formed on each block of the block printing machine, .including the border designs, necessitating the use of, at least, three blocks -for each' color. By/my invention, I can use three blocks Afor the outline design of the border and a single block for each additional color of the cover design. The term cover design means that it is the design used tocover the base of the material, as in printing oilcloth, and likematerial, it 1s de; sirable to cover as muoli ofthe surface or the base material as possible in order to increase the wearing qualities of the printed material.

In the accompanying drawings: yFigure I is an inverted plan View of one end of the end border blocks or a bloclt printing ma chine; Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the other end border block; Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of the block having the intermediate border design thereon; Fig. 4 is an inverted plan view of one of the coverblocks; Fig. 5 is a view of a rug printed with the blocks illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, and Fig. 6 is a view ot a portion of the rug printed with a modification. of the blocks, in which the design runs through the linesl of the border, as Well as through the body of therug. .K

In the drawings, I have illustrated the blocks and the designs on'the rug in diagram, as it will be understood thatv the blocks consist of a number ofsmall project.- 1 ing elements, which print dots or lines on the material. y

My invention is adapted to be used in Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J uly i253, i916.

Application filed February 28, 1816. Serial No. 80,879.

connection with the block printing machine covered by Letters Patent No. 1,145,821, granted t0 lVlliani H. Waldron on the sixth day ofJuly, 1915, but it will be understood that -it can be applied to` other. machines without departing from the essential features of lthe invention.

Referring to the drawings, l is a block on which the design for the lett hand end ot the border is formed.

Q'is a block on which the right hand end of the border is formed and 3 is a block on which the sides ot' the border are formed and preferably a center design i which corresponds to the end border linesv 5 of the blocks 1 andl. The side border lines oi' the blocks I and 2 aline with the side border lines 6 of the block 3, so that when. an iinpression is made by the several blocks, as illustrated in Fig. 5, a complete border is formed and the center design 4 ventends, across the rug at equal distances trom each other and past the side border lines lf. .lt will be understood that the blocks 2 and 3 may have otherdesigns such as 9 thereon, which are of the same color as the border designsf I hare only illustrated one cover block 7 having` a design 8 thereon. This design, when impressed on all four sections of the rug, as in Fig. 5, alternates with the border and other designsprinted by the blocks l. 2 and 3, giving an ornamental effect which extends throughout the rug and into the border. It will be understood that in practice two or more of these cover blocks '7 will be used, according to the number of' colors with which it is desired to print the rug, and, as hereinbefore, stated, it is inreerable to malte the design so that the entire surface of the material will be substantially covered by the printed design.

, In Fig'. 5, the cover design does not extend into the lines of the border, the lines being made plain in this instance. They may, however, extend into the .liiorden forming an ornamental feature of the border.I as in Fig. 6, the border being what may lie termed a shadow border, which is not so prominent as Where the lines are clear, as in Fig. 5.

One ot the blocksinstead of having a set figure, as illustrated. in Fig, 4, may have a running figure, which will extend through the entire rug and the design formed by ESB Athe printingV bioelis nniy be varied as fancy :ind reipiirenients dictate.

.v forming' the bioeiis in the nionner above deseriberh i :mi enabled to print einbornte designs in nniny colors on :i comparan tively snodi bioek printing innchine, where the number oi blocks is hinilmh ns I dispense with txvo bioeks of :i series for euch colorr` heretofore found necessary in printing rugs 1 ehiiin:

l. The process herein described oi ninnn factoring :i printed rug. said process oo nsisting in providingl two or more blocks to print the coinpiete border and pr riding two or more rover bioeks having' designs thereon registering with the border designs so that n, single cove block for euch eoior ezln be used or printingr die border :ind the bod)l ot' n rug.

9. The process herein described o inenti- 'tzlotnring printed. rugs, said process consist ingr in providing three printing;` blocks, one of the series of three blocks having zx, right hund border design thereon, another block having zi lett hund border design thereon,

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und the third bioek having the intermediate side border design theieon,and proif'iding one or more cover blocks having a Cover de sign thereon which will register with the designs on nii three of theirst mentioned blocks so that n border design will be printed with the first, three mentioned blocks to ont ]ine the rugs, While the fourth block wiil printn cover design on the surface receiving' the impressions from all three of the Iii-st mentioned blocks.

3. The process herein 4described of mannnetnring printed rugs, said process consisting in providing :i series of three printing;

GEORGE PRFOLD. 

